Philippians 1
1 Paul and Timotheus, the
servants of
Jesus Christ, to
all the
saints in Christ Jesus which
are at Philippi, with the
bishops and deacons: 2 Grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the
Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I
thank my God upon every remembrance of
you, 4 Always in every prayer of
mine for you all making request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the
gospel from the
first day until now; 6 Being
confident of
this very
thing, that he which hath
begun a
good work in you will
perform it
until the
day of
Jesus Christ: 7 Even
as it
is meet for
me to
think this of you all, because I
have you in my heart; inasmuch as
both in my bonds, and in the
defence and confirmation of the
gospel, ye all are partakers of
my grace. 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long
after you all in the
bowels of
Jesus Christ. 9 And this I
pray,
that your love may
abound yet more and more in knowledge and in
all judgment; 10 That ye may
approve things that are
excellent;
that ye may
be sincere and without
offence till the
day of
Christ; 11 Being
filled with the
fruits of
righteousness, which are
by Jesus Christ, unto the
glory and praise of
God. 12 But I
would ye should
understand,
brethren, that the things which happened
unto me have fallen
out rather unto the
furtherance of the
gospel; 13 So
that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the
palace, and in
all other places;
14 And many of the
brethren in the
Lord, waxing
confident by
my bonds, are much
more bold to
speak the
word without
fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good
will: 16 The
one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to
add affliction to
my bonds: 17 But the other
of love, knowing that I am
set for the
defence of the
gospel. 18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in
pretence, or in
truth, Christ is
preached;
and I therein do rejoice,
yea, and will
rejoice.
19 For I
know that this shall
turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the
supply of the
Spirit of
Jesus Christ, 20 According to
my earnest
expectation and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be
ashamed,
but that
with all boldness, as always, so
now also Christ shall be
magnified in my body, whether it be
by life, or by death. 21 For to
me to
live is
Christ, and to
die is
gain. 22 But if I
live in the
flesh, this is the
fruit of my
labour:
yet what I shall
choose I
wot not. 23 For I am in a
strait betwixt two, having a
desire to depart,
and to
be with Christ; which is
far better: 24 Nevertheless to
abide in the
flesh is more
needful for you. 25 And having
this confidence, I
know that I shall
abide and continue with
you all for your furtherance and joy of
faith; 26 That your rejoicing may be more
abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. 27 Only let your conversation
be as it
becometh the
gospel of
Christ: that whether I
come and see you, or else be
absent, I may
hear of
your affairs, that ye stand
fast in one spirit, with
one mind striving
together for the
faith of the
gospel; 28 And in nothing terrified by your
adversaries:
which is to
them an evident
token of
perdition, but to
you of
salvation, and that of God. 29 For unto
you it is
given in the
behalf of
Christ, not only to
believe on him, but also to
suffer for his
sake;
30 Having the
same conflict which ye
saw in me, and now hear to be
in me.